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LECS Lab 11

Kelly went on the longest grocery trip of her life yesterday. She ended up being there for four hours. The store was packed and had little help. Therefore she was waiting in line forever at checkout.

Kelly related her bad experience on the grocery store's website.

Kelly wanted to go grocery shopping again soon.

Samantha went to the park in the morning. She went to walk her dog. Her dog pooped on the grass. Samantha forgot to carry a plastic bag.

Samantha looked around and left.

Samantha bagged the poop.

It was time for Carson to run a mile. He put on his running shoes. He started running along the sidewalk by his house. After running a half mile Carson was very tired.

Carson slowed his pace so that he could finish the mile.

Carson finished the mile in record time.

I remember the scariest haunted house I've ever been to. It was an old, rickety, uninhabited house that was made for scares. The house was scary in itself. The scariest part was at the end.

A witch jumped out and gave me the fright of my life.

They were having a Christmas party at the exit.

Gordon bought his son a remote control car for Christmas. But he realized that it needed AA batteries. Gordon could not find any. So the next day, he went to the toy store where he bought the car.

He bought a big package of AA batteries.

He bought another remote control car for himself.

Tanya wanted to see her sister. She took a plane. She watched a movie on the plane. She listened to music.

She arrived to her sister's house afterwards.

Tanya never saw her sister again.

It was a beautiful summer day outside. Bob decided to go for a walk at the park. Bob walked along the path and admired the scenery. He found a twenty dollar bill on the ground.

He was happy.

He was disappointed.

Gina knew her sister had taken her phone. She was furious because she had been looking for it for an hour. She grabbed her sister's shirt and demanded the phone. Her sister looked terrified.

Her sister gave her the phone.

Her sister laughed hysterically.

Lars was playing XBOX. His controller stopped working during a game. Lars didn't have a car so he had to walk all the way to the store. The store was being remodeled when he got there so he went to another.

Lars wasn't able to find a controller.

Lars used his money for drugs.

Karen's friend called her to see if she wanted to hang out. Karen agreed and they met at a coffee shop. They talked for a couple hours before going to a spa. Afterwards, they had dinner together and watched a movie.

It was the best time Karen had had in months.

They separated, and never spoke again.

Carl was in Florida and enjoying the day in his house. He was watching tv and out of no where an alert popped up. The alert warn the residents of a chance there will be a tsunami. Carl was scared and began evacuating.

Carl was able to reach a shelter before the storm hit.

He changed his mind and returned to watching TV.

Benson was bullied at school by another boy. Benson began losing sleep about it. He finally told his teachers at school about it. The teachers approached the bully about the problem.

The bully was expelled.

They praised him.

Helen got up for work early. It snowed the night before so she had to shovel her car out. It took her an hour to clear the snow. Heading back in the house to get ready, she heard a familiar sound.

She had left the shower running.

Helen went down to the lake to rent a jet-ski.

Gina's friend Ruth had a friend named Jane. Gina and her other friends disliked Jane. But Ruth was always inviting Jane to do things with them. The other friends decided to stop inviting Ruth.

Ruth became sad.

Ruth and Jane formed a rival gang.

Harry loved hockey. He decided to sign up to play for a local league. Harry attended the tryouts for the team. Harry hoped he did well enough to make the team.

A few days later, Harry heard that he made the team.

Harry then quit his hockey team.

Amy's class went on a field trip to see A Mid Summer Night's Dream. They arrived at the theater and found their seats. Amy was in awe of the actors discipline and talent. After the play she was able to speak with the cast.

Amy was thrilled.

Amy told the actors she could have performed better.

Janel was driving to the office when she heard a loud bang. Suddenly the car began to vibrate very heavily. Janel put on her hazard lights and pulled over. Upon inspection, she found she had a flat tire.

Jane changed her tire and drove to the office.

Jane changed all four tires,

I used to store my unread books on the floor. Today I decided to organize them. I cleaned out a row on my book case. I transported about 10 books to the shelf.

Now my books are organized.

My books are very disorganized.

A man went into the library and grabbed some random books. He hid them in other parts of the library. The librarian stopped him and asked what he was doing. The man said he was trying to stop people from reading.

The librarian kicked the man out.

The librarian thanked the man.

Jenna needed clothes for school. She took her allowance money and met up with friends at the mall. They walked inside and looked for shops they liked. Jenna and her friends walked through the mall for hours.

Jenna's friends loved shopping.

Jenna's friends hated shopping.

Sam and his wife were busy packing for their trip. He was really looking forward to this trip. He was excited to be able to spend a lot of time with her. They finished the packing and then smiled at each other.

Sam and his wife had a great time together.

Sam wanted to get away from his wife as soon as possible.

Cassidy always loved eating scones at the shop near his home. He decided to try baking scones at home. At first his scones came out too try. However, he kept baking new batches until they were delicious.

Cassidy became good at baking scones.

Cassidy moved away.

Tim wanted to connect more with nature. So, he went out in the woods. He heard the birds sing, the wind blow and the crickets creak. He loved it so much, he built a large tree house and moved in.

He loved it.

He tore it apart.

Sue wanted a pet. She told her mom she wanted a dolphin. Her mom told her that wouldn't be possible. So her mom got her a new goldfish the next day.

Sue liked the fish.

Sue doesn't like animals.

Ella's dad had to go on a business trip to Munich. Ella begged her dad to bring her with him. She had never been to Germany and she wanted to see it! Her dad agreed and brought Ella with him on the trip.

She had a wonderful time.

She was disappointed.

There was an extremely obnoxious boy in Kerry's economics class. He monopolized every class discussion with his mediocre ideas. The professor could never get him to be quiet. One day, he showed up to class with laryngitis.

Kerry was so grateful!

Kerry was disappointed.

Joe was pals with Tim. They always played together at recess. One day Joe said he was going to move away. Tim was sad.

Joe and Tim stayed friends online.

Joe then punched Tim.

Bob wanted a hamburger. But he also wanted to eat healthier. So he decided to make a veggie burger. Bob thought it wasn't as good as a normal burger.

Bob went out to McDonald's later that evening.

He was excited.

Gina went to her 6th hour class. It was gym. Gina hated gym, and all things related. She was horrified when the teacher made them run the first day.

Gina cried at the end.

Gina felt amazing that she ran.

Tom was talking to his wife Becky who had a bad day at work. He decided to bring home her favorite meal as a surprise. On the way home from work, there was a lot of traffic. After getting the food, he arrived home much later than planned.

But everything was okay as soon as they hugged and ate dinner.

Tom decided to take a trip to the casino, he ignored his family.

Hank grew out a large beard. His friend told Hank that he looked like an old homeless man with it. Hank went home and intended to shave it off. He brought the razor close to his beard and paused.

Hank decided he liked his beard.

Hank hates hairy faces.

The family was lounging on a street bench when a dog walked up. It was dirty,scared and painfully thin. The family saw it had no collar. The dog was obviously in need of a home.

The family opted to take the dog home with them.

The family wondered how the dog was so overweight.

Stacy bought a bag of chips. She took them to the park to eat a snack. Her friend Kevin was also at the park. Stacey shared her chips with Kevin.

Kevin thanked Stacy and they enjoyed their time at the park.

Kevin was very angry with Stacy.

Bob got ready for the children's performance. He got out his makeup kit and washed his face. He applied a coat of white paint. He then drew varying colors of rings around his eyes and mouth.

Bob enjoyed entertaining the kids.

Children has always annoyed Bob.

Chuck always wanted to join the debate team at school. He has great ideas to debate with but he is scared of public speaking. He took a speech class over the summer to help. As soon as the school year started he signed up for the team.

Chuck joined and did fairly well.

Chuck dropped out of school.

I had two dogs that were very close. The older dog got very sick and was put to sleep. The younger dog was very lonely. We have a neighbor dog come over to play.

Our dog feels much better playing with another dog.

Our dog really enjoys having the house to himself.

At the restaurant, the waiter gave me the wrong food. I asked the waiter for the correct dinner. The waiter brought me another incorrect order! They messed up my order twice.

I left without paying the waiter a tip.

I left the waiter a large tip.

Joe felt confident going into his boxing match. He dominated the first four rounds. He got hit with a left hook that cut his eye in the fifth. The last seven rounds were a back and forth affair.

Joe eventually won the fight.

Joe finished the fight with no cuts or injuries.

One man bet another that he could outstare a duck. A duck was found and stared at. Although the duck was unaware of what was happening, it did not blink. It did, however, wet its eyes with its nictitating membrane.

The man eventually blinked.

The man wanted to lose his bet.

Danny bought a new shirt. He wore it to school the next day. As he was eating lunch, he spilled mustard on it. He scrubbed it off very hard.

The mustard came out and no one was the wiser.

He took the shirt off and threw it away.

I was playing football with friends. We set up in our positions. When the game began, I was tackled. I hurt my knee and screamed.

My friends stopped playing to help me off the field.

I got back up to finish the game.

Roger broke both of his legs. He hated being stuck in a wheelchair. He saw a couple guys outside physical therapy in wheelchairs. They told him all about wheelchair races.

Roger loved racing so much that he accepted his wheelchair.

Roger signed up to compete in the long jump.

Ava spent her last dollar on a bottle of Coke. She twisted off the top and drank deeply. Then she checked the prize code under cap. Her eyes widened with surprise.

Ava was glad to have just won five dollars.

Ava threw away the Coke cap.

In 2010 we visited our daughter in New York. She was a grad student at CUNY. She and her husband asked where we wanted to go. I picked the Frick House, as we visited there on our honeymoon.

We had a fun time.

But we were bored.

Lou decided to make a youtube channel. He posted daily video logs of his life. His fan base was growing quickly. Lou was out at the mall and was recognized by a subscriber.

Lou was happy a subscriber recognized him.

Lou hated the mall.

My cousins kept getting sick. The doctors couldn't figure out why. Eventually they started testing their water. It turned out to be contaminated.

My cousins sued the water company.

My cousins started drinking more water.

Johnny was on his local Little League team. One Saturday, his team had a very important game. His parents were able to attend. Johnny's team won the game.

Johnny was elated.

Johnny felt he let his parents down.

My neighbors have a problem with a mouse. They've been chasing it for days. They can hear it in the walls. Today one of them saw it run across the kitchen floor.

Tonight they will get a mousetrap to catch the mouse.

They fed the mouse cheese and gave it mouse toys.

I ordered a family meal at a Chinese restaurant. As soon as I placed it on the table, my family attacked it. They were eating a lot out of the meal. After everyone ate, there was no food left.

I was happy we found a new favorite restaurant.

I told the manager I wanted to file a complaint.

Jake lives in Flint Michigan. One day he went to run himself a bath. He was very upset to see that the water wasn't clean. Jake called his mayor to complain.

The mayor told him he had better things to do.

The mayor had just emerged from a seedy back-alley motel.

Abby skated on her rollerblades down the driveway. Her father was pulling in and didn't see her. He accidentally hit her as she skated down. Abby's arm was broken.

Her dad took Abby to the emergency room right away.

Abby's dad went on to park the car in the garage.

Janet wanted to convince her friend Marge that palm reading is bunk. She agreed to undergo a palm reading with Marge. The palm reader informed Janet that her brother was angry with her. Janet did not have a brother.

Marge treated Janet to dinner for trying to warn her.

Janet created an imaginary brother and is institutionalized.

The other day I was cleaning up a bit around the apartment. I decided to get rid of all the clutter and papers on the table. Underneath all of them was an older letter from my girlfriend. It said she wanted to break up with me.

I was angry and confused by the letter.

I was very happy about the letter.

Jordan was planning on moving to Mexico. Jordan decided that he should learn Spanish. He ended up purchasing a language learning program from Amazon. Everyday he worked on the program for at least 2 hours.

Jordan knew some conversational Spanish by the time he moved.

Jordan didn't like fish tacos at all.

It was the second match of the volleyball season. Amy was hopeful she would get a chance to play. After the first game they were ahead. Her coach put her in the game.

She finally got her chance to play in the match.

She asked the coach to find someone else.

Opal asked her aunt for her famous beef stew recipe. Her aunt reluctantly copied down the recipe. Opal took it home and tried to replicate the stew. It didn't taste as good as her aunt's masterpiece.

Opal asked her aunt to make her some stew.

Opal's stew was better than her aunt's.

Ben went to the DMV to get his License. The instructor gave Ben a passing grade at the end. Excited, Ben calls up his father to tell him the good news. Ben father never picked up, he died in a car accident that day.

Ben was devastated.

Ben decided to become a commercial driver.

Carl wanted to make dinner to impress the woman he was dating. He studied some recipes and planned the meal. One the big day, his nervousness caused him to switch sugar and salt. His date could barely eat one bite and Carl was crushed.

Carl was sad because his date never called him again.

Carl's date enjoyed the meal.

Emily was at the beach. The weather started out tranquil. Suddenly the wind began to pick up severely. Anna was caught in a scary sandstorm!

She was fortunately able to get back to the beach house safely.

She had a wonderful time on the beach.

It was a sunny day, so Sheila decided to take Fido for a walk. On the walk, Fido tried to run into a neighbor's yard. There was a robber in the neighbor's backyard! Sheila yelled for the robber to stop right there.

She called the cops on her sell and the arrested the robber.

He turned and asked Sheila to go on a date with him.

Amanda was watching a squirrel collect acorns. Amanda was fascinated with how efficient the squirrel was. Amanda watched the squirrel as he carried the acorns to his nest. Amanda also saw how the squirrel was very watchful over the acorns.

Amanda enjoys learning about nature.

Amanda finds nature boring.

I woke up hungry. I poured a bowl of cereal but found I did not have any milk. After contemplating using water I decided to go to the store. I walked to the corner and got a half gallon of 2%.

I came home and ate cereal.

I came home and ate pizza.

Malcolm was a brilliant mathematician. He wrote many books on the subject. His books were easy to read and easy to understand. The helped people around the world.

He found it very gratifying to share his expertise with people.

Malcolm greatly enjoyed being such a smart linguist.

Gloria was excited about her night out. Every week she looks forward to getting together with friends. They all go out to dinner and then to the bingo hall. She doesn't win often but when she does she celebrates.

Gloria won that night and screamed with joy.

Gloria hated Bingo because the prizes were boring.

The little sister found out she was having a baby brother. She was excited until she found out she would no longer be the baby. Then she started acting out. She colored on the walls.

The little sister got punished with a timeout.

The little sister was given a cookie for her behavior.

Molly loves popcorn. She eats it everyday. On Molly birthday her mom took her to the popcorn factory. They took a tour of the factory.

Molly had a great day.

Molly is allergic to corn.

Tom liked to look at old cars. For his birthday, his family got him tickets to a classic car museum. Tom thought it was a wonderful gift. His family accompanied him to the museum.

Tom loved his time at the museum.

Tom told his parents he hated them.

Mick went fishing by himself one morning. He sat in his boat thinking calm thoughts. He got no tugs on his line. In fact, he caught nothing at all all day!

Mick sent home relaxed, but empty-handed.

Mick went home, and ate the fish he caught that day.

Samantha was driving to class. She noticed that she forgot her textbook at home. She drove back home in order to get it. She arrived in class 25 minutes late.

I was better for her to be late than to be unprepared.

She was the first person to arrive.

Arnold changed jobs to be closer to his children. His children seems very uninterested in having him around. Arnold plans more activities with his children. They begin to loosen up towards him.

Soon they love spending time with him.

Arnold couldn't wait to have children.

A group of children played marbles one afternoon. Or at least, they tried to. There was a great deal of arguing. Ultimately, they gave up and played something else.

The children decided to play hide and go seek instead.

The children decided to play marbles.

Mary's family was getting together for a holiday dinner at the club. Everyone was going to be there except for Mary's Grandfather. Mary was sad that the whole family would not be together. When she got to the club, she was surprised to see her grandfather!

Mary was so happy!

Mary was so distraught!

We took a family vacation to the beach last year. I spent a lot of time reading with my mom on the beach. One day while reading, I got stung by a horrible beach wasp. My arm swelled and was painful, I almost had to go to the hospital.

Eventually I healed.

I found I loved being swollen.

James wanted to look cool. He decided to get a mohawk. He shaved his head himself. His mom said he looked dumb.

James was sad with his mother's comments.

James was happy with his mom's comment.

The principal announced there would be a school dance that Friday. Mary became excited about the dance. She wanted Dan to ask her to the school dance. Dan saw Mary in the hallway and told her he needed to talk to her.

She was happy he asked her to the dance.

He blamed her for stealing his bike.

Elaine was preparing an Easter basket for her niece. Elaine learned that her niece love Peppa Pig. Elaine went to the store and purchased several Peppa Pig items. After purchasing the items, Elaine assembled the Easter basket.

Her niece saw the basket and hugged Elaine around the neck.

Her niece hated the Easter basket.

Anna went to the beach. The tide drew out, and she saw a tide pool. She went to inspect it, and she was amazed at all the life in it. There were fish, sea urchins, starfish - it was incredible!

Anna watched the sea life and thought about the wonder of nature.

Anna felt disappointed by her trip to the shore.

Martha loved to watch nature from her porch. She decided to buy a bird feeder. She put bird food into the feeder. She put it up on a tree in her backyard.

Martha was sad when no birds made use of it.

Martha baked an apple pie and put it on the feeder.

Joyce was adopted by her foster mother when she was 5 Year's old. After her adoption her mom adopted 3 more children. Joyce loved being an older sister and she helped her mom a lot. When she moved out on her own she became a foster parent too.

Joyce loved her children just as much.

Joyce abandoned her kids shortly after.

Johnny's teacher treated the class to homemade snow cones. The teacher let each student pick a colored syrup topping. When his turn came, Johnny got mad when he saw only one color left. Johnny's teacher asked what was wrong.

Johnny told the teacher he was upset he didn't get more colors.

Johnny told the teacher he was happy.

Paul was embarrassed by his bad skin. He had been troubled by acne for a long time. He realized it was causing him to be antisocial. He made an appointment with a dermatologist.

Paul went and started noticing improvements.

Paul changed schools instead.

Joe really wanted to attend Columbia University. He worked really hard in school, was on the soccer team. He got put on the waiting list. Although he was disappointed, he tried his best to the very end.

Joe was still very proud of his hard work.

Joe decided he didn't want to go to college.

Richard lives in the Philippines with his wife and two daughters. His oldest daughter is studying to be a police investigator. His youngest daughter will graduate high school this May. Right after Micah graduates the family is moving to America.

They are very excited for a new life.

Richard and his family are very anti-American.

Sally loved horses. She always wanted one of her own. Her parents said she would get one if she did well in school. Sally studied extra hard and made all As.

She got the horse she always wanted.

Sally decided to get a cow instead of a horse.

Ann and Tori had been friends for over 20 years. They often shopped together. Tori received a call from the bank regarding charges on her ATM card. She called Anne and told her that someone had been using her card.

Ann and Tori decided to stop shopping and work out the issue.

Ann and Tori continued to shop.

It was graduation night for John. His parents traveled the night before to see him walk the stage. John waited patiently for his name to be called. The counsellor of his University called name and handed him his degree.

John's parents were very proud of him.

John's parents were quite ashamed of him.

Yesterday I went to toys r us. I had to get gifts for my cousins. I loaded my cart up. Thankfully I found out they had a sale.

Because I'm a cheapskate it suited me well.

I bought every mouse they had.

I rescued a kitten from the pound. He was adorable, sweet, purebred and free. The first morning he started acting ill, not eating and listless. The vet ran a myriad of tests and found several things wrong.

I was sad my kitten was so ill.

The kitten started eating all his cat food.

I was ill-prepared for my final exam coming up. I decided to make a cheat sheet to use in class. I was nervous, but needed an A. I put my cheat sheet in my palm and used it.

The teacher caught and suspended me.

I was very proud of myself.

Yao was an enthusiastic gardener. He had a big garden in his backyard that he loved very much. He decided to take his vegetables and enter them in the local fair. He waited with anticipation for the results.

Yao placed in two categories.

The judges ate Yao's vegetables without rewarding him.

I was wanting to get a promotion. I decided to try to get promoted. All year, I worked very hard. My boss took notice and called me into his office one day.

I received the promotion I wanted.

My boss fired me on the spot.

I love avocados. I ate a sandwich covered in them. After I ate it, my mouth was itchy and tingly. I talked to my doctor about it later.

It turned out I was allergic to avocados.

He said I was paranoid, and charged me $100.

As soon as the light turned green, the cars accelerated. Jimmy took the lead until the third lap. Brian caught up and was ahead by a few feet. The lead became bigger since Brian's far was faster.

Brian was an expert race car driver.

Brian was not a very good driver.

Garry was nervous about his grades. Recently, Garry failed a Math test, and a English test. It is required that Garry have good grades to be on the football team. Garry's coach found out about his failing grades, and spoke with him.

If Garry doesn't improve his grades, he will be off the team.

Garry and his coach agreed that Nike makes good sneakers.

Ella was trying to pick a prom dress. She could not decide! So she asked her boyfriend for his opinion. He said she was beautiful in any dress she chose!

Ella realized it really didn't matter what dress she chose.

Ella was mad because her boyfriend was so critical.

Barry loves playing baseball. Barry decided that he would go and watch a professional game. Barry went to the stadium, and purchased a ticket. Upon entering, Barry decided to grab a beer to drink.

Barry also bought a hot dog.

Barry decided to leave the game.

Timmy was going to die of bone cancer. There is no known cure. His final wish is to meet his Idol. His favorite singer, Billy Idol.

Timmy got to meet Billy Idol.

Timmy was upset that Billy Idol would visit him.

Sandy went to the beach with her aunt Theresa. She was so excited to play in the water she forgot the sunblock. Sandy had so much fun playing in the sand and water. However, when the day ended she was sore and red.

She realized she should have remembered sunblock.

She felt amazing.

Jane wanted to learn how to juggle. Jane consulted with a professional juggler to teach her. Jane went to three classes with the professional juggler. After three weeks, Jane was juggling.

Jane had a natural talent.

Jane was untalented.

Daniel was leaving his house to meet a good friend for drinks. He decided to stop at a Chinese food shop for dumplings. Daniel ate six spicy dumplings at the shop. He left feeling satisfied and full.

Daniel always felt that dumplings were a good deal.

Starved he order nachos when he reached the bar.